Belper Baptist Church War MemorialBelper Baptist Church, Bridge Street, Belper First World War Memorial
INSCRIPTION: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH CONGREGATION AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO HEARING AND RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FRIENDS THIS PULPIT HAS BEEN ERECTED 1914 – 1918 BLACKHAM WILLIAM DRING JOHN WILLIAM FOX ARTHUR NIGHTINGALE GEORGE PAXTON ERNEST ROLLINSON GEORGE WM. SIMPSON JOHN WILLIAM SPENCER WILLIAM HENRY SWINSCOE JAMES TOPHAM WILFRED WATSON HAROLD WATSON WILFRED WARDLE CYRIL USHERWOOD
Sources used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website (www.cwgc.org.uk)
Illustrated History of Belper and its Environs, by Jean Giles, George Power and Michael Smith
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD ROM - Naval & Military Press
The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-ROM – Naval & Military Press
AncestryBritish Newspaper Archive
All photographs copyright of Chris Preston, unless otherwise stated
First World War Memorial
INSCRIPTION:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS
CHURCH CONGREGATION AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO
HEARING AND RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF KING
AND COUNTRY
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FRIENDS
THIS PULPIT HAS BEEN ERECTED
1914 – 1918
BLACKHAM WILLIAM
DRING JOHN WILLIAM
FOX ARTHUR
NIGHTINGALE GEORGE
PAXTON ERNEST
ROLLINSON GEORGE WM.
SIMPSON JOHN WILLIAM
SPENCER WILLIAM HENRY
SWINSCOE JAMES
TOPHAM WILFRED
WATSON HAROLD
WATSON WILFRED
WARDLE CYRIL USHERWOOD
Sources used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website (www.cwgc.org.uk)
Illustrated History of Belper and its Environs, by Jean Giles, George Power and Michael Smith
Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD ROM - Naval & Military Press
The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-ROM – Naval & Military Press
AncestryBritish Newspaper Archive
All photographs copyright of Chris Preston, unless otherwise stated